The Yakutat Glacier in Alaska is one of the fastest retreating glaciers in the world. While climate change is partially responsible, most of the shrinking is due to other...
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 has now taken it’s place at the head of the “A-Train” constellation of Earth-observing satellites that have been designed to cross the...
OK, we all want satellites to remain in orbit forever, but gravity always wins out in the end. Last week on WNPR – CT Public Radio – a student journalist interviewed Dr. J....
This month, August 2014, the remote sensing journal PE&RS has a special issue on hyperspectral sensors, images, and processing. The featured article “Biomass Modeling of...
Many of you may have used the great site NationalAtlas.gov to access data from the US government and make quick online maps of these data. As of September 30, 2014 the site...
The USGS provides high level processing of Landsat images into Climate Data Records (CDR)s and Essential Climate Variables (ECV)s and are described in some detail on this...
On July 2, 2014 NASA successfully launched the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) from Vandenberg Air Force Base. This is currently undergoing final checkout as it maneuvers...
